Report on Regulations and Disciplinary Proceedings, 2007-2008

During 2007-2008 academic year, four graduate students were formally charged with violating the “Regulations for Academic and Personal Conduct” outlined in the Graduate School’s Programs and Policies bulletin.

Three student(s) conceded the charges and requested that the Dean dispose of the matter without a formal hearing. The following cases were handled in this way.

A doctoral student in the social sciences who had been charged with violating the University’s policy prohibiting teacher-student consensual relations was barred from teaching or supervising students at Yale through the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.

A master’s student in the sciences who had been charged with cheating was issued a formal letter of reprimand and placed on probation for the remainder of the student’s enrollment in the Graduate School.

A master’s student in the sciences who had been charged with cheating was issued a formal letter of reprimand.

One student contested the charges and was heard by the Committee on Regulations and Discipline. The Committee consists of three graduate students appointed by the Graduate School Assembly and three faculty members appointed by the Dean (with one graduate student and faculty member from each academic division), as well as the associate dean responsible for the department or program in which the student who has been charged is enrolled. The following matters were handled in this way.

A doctoral student in the social sciences who had been charged with fabrication of data and misuse of funds was found guilty and suspended for two years.